We know that there is sorrow, We hear about defeat; But that is all tomorrow, Or someone down the street; Yes, grief is something far away It always seems, and then some day -- Some day the olden danger Comes nearer to the door; The shadow of a stranger Appears upon the floor; We had forgotten how to pray, Forgotten God, and then some day -- Some day, somehow or other, We need the old belief; Let us remember, brother, In joy as well as grief; Lest we, perhaps, forget the way, And lose the light, and then some day -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF THE WAVE by ROBERT FROST THE AUDACIOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 14 by JAMES JOYCE IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BUCOLIC COMEDY: KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID by EDITH SITWELL |